X-Force #18 — Marvel Comics Jan 1993, X-Cutioner's Song Part 12: The Final Chapter — Newsstand Edition (Single Issue)

This is how it ends. X-Force #18 is Part 12 of X-Cutioner's Song — The Final Chapter — and the cover makes no apologies about it: Cable in full armored fury trading blows with a massive villain, Jean Grey and Cyclops in the background, teal and gold everywhere. January 1993, $1.50 US, Newsstand. The Amazing Spider-Man 30th Anniversary badge sits bottom-left like a witness to the whole thing. Twelve parts. This is the one that closes it out.

What's Included:

• 📚 X-Force #18 — Marvel Comics, January 1993 — Newsstand Edition — $1.50 US / $1.90 CAN / UK £1.00
• 📌 Back cover: Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest for Super Nintendo by Squaresoft — "Out Of Body Experience, $39.99" — floating clothes, Converse sneakers, free strategy book in every box — Squaresoft selling an RPG with an astral projection metaphor on the back of the X-Cutioner's Song finale is peak 1993

Issue Details:

• ⚡ Marvel Comics — X-Force #18 — January 1993 — $1.50 US — Newsstand Edition
• 🧟 X-Cutioner's Song Part 12: The Final Chapter — Cable, Jean Grey, Cyclops, Domino — SZARAKK-THWAM energy blast sequence, "A legacy shattered!"
• 🔥 Single issue — bagged for protection

Why Collectors Love It:

The final chapter of a 12-part crossover always carries weight, and X-Cutioner's Song Part 12 delivers — Cable vs. the villain, the full team in the aftermath, and dialogue that actually sticks. The Spider-Man 30th Anniversary badge on the cover is a bonus collector detail that ties this issue to one of Marvel's biggest milestone years. The Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest back cover — "shake your astral body and get down to the store" with floating Converse sneakers — is one of the most unhinged SNES ads ever printed, and it landed on the back of the X-Cutioner's Song finale. Crossover completists, this is the one you need to close the run.

Condition Notes:

Normal wear consistent with age and storage — expect moderate tanning to interior pages, minor spine stress, and light edge wear as shown in photos. Bagged for protection.

Perfect For:

X-Cutioner's Song completists closing out the full 12-part run, Cable and Jean Grey collectors, early-'90s Marvel Newsstand hunters, Final Fantasy Mystic Quest SNES nostalgia seekers, and anyone who needs floating Converse sneakers and a mutant legacy shattered in the same longbox slot.